Eighteen camps competed for top honors at Sunday’s Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo Chili Cook-Off in ideal weather. “And I’m going to order it like this every year from now on,” said Cook Off Chairman Stan Peterson. “It couldn’t be any better.” The committee also moved the location where chili-lovers purchased their cups and spoons to …
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Jul 21
Rescuers attempt to free right whale tangled in fishing gear off coast of Canada
iStock/Foto4440(NEW YORK) — Marine experts are trying to free a right whale tangled in fishing gear off the coast of Canada. The 18-year-old whale, spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Canada’s east coast, has been trapped for at least two weeks, CTV reported. The whale is known to biologists who are tracking it …
Jul 21
Electrical shortage in hotel swimming pool kills American student in Guatemala, injures his sister
Carson-Newman University (NEW YORK) — An incoming college freshman died last week in Guatemala after an electrical shortage occurred while he was in the hotel pool, according to the university he was slated to attend. Seth Washam, 18, was on a “short trip” to Guatemala with his sister, Emma Washam, when the accident occurred on …
Jul 21
Massachusetts police ask residents to ‘hold off’ on crime until heat wave is over
iStock(BOSTON) — Police in Massachusetts asked a simple favor of residents who may be planning a crime over the weekend: Please wait until the heat wave is over to conduct your criminal activity. Around 93 million people were under excessive heat warnings and advisories over the weekend, including several states in the Northeast. In Massachusetts, …
Jul 21
Venezuelan fighter ‘aggressively shadowed’ US reconnaissance plane over Caribbean Sea
iStock(WASHINGTON) — A Venezuelan Su-30 fighter plane “aggressively shadowed” a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft operating over the Caribbean Sea, according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), in a move the U.S. is calling “unprofessional.” In a series of tweets on Sunday, SOUTHCOM said the Venezuelan fighter, which took off from an airfield 200 miles east of Caracas …
Jul 21
Records fall as last day of heat wave bakes Midwest, East Coast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Ninety-four million people in parts of 23 states remain under excessive heat warnings and heat advisories on Sunday as one last day of scorching temperatures hits the Midwest and East Coast. Sunday is the last day of oppressive heat, with many places in the Upper Midwest already feeling cooler Sunday morning …
Jul 21
Bear attacks, bites wildlife resort employee in Pennsylvania
WTAE-TV(FARMINGTON, Penn.) — An employee at a wildlife resort in Pennsylvania was attacked by a bear on Saturday. The guide at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Farmington, Pennsylvania, about 60 miles south of Pittsburgh, was grabbed through a fence by a Himalayan bear, pulled toward it and bit on the arm, according to the resort. The …
Jul 21
50 Years Later: Astronaut Michael Collins on Apollo 11 mission
via NASA(NEW YORK) — Three men went to the moon, but only two walked on the lunar surface. Astronaut Michael Collins, the man who manned the command module during the moonwalk, reflected on the historic Apollo 11 mission as it celebrates its 50th anniversary on Saturday, July 20. “The thing that amazes me about Apollo …
Jul 21
Police: Mother, boyfriend arrested after strangling newborn in hospital
iStock(OXNARD, Calif.) — The mother of a newborn and her boyfriend have been arrested after the disturbing murder of the baby soon after she gave birth at a California hospital. Andrea Torralba, 20, and David Villa, 21, both of Oxnard, California, about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, were taken into custody on Friday afternoon …
Jul 20
College student floats idea of ‘Area 51’ festival after joke invitation catches fire on Facebook
Sean Gallup/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When a California college student created an event to meet aliens at Area 51, he had no idea he was setting the groundwork to entertain millions of earthlings. Matty Roberts created the Facebook event “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us,” on June 27 as a joke, never …